An innovative feed additive for dairy cows will soon be marketed in the EU to reduce methane emissions – a very potent greenhouse gas – produced by the cows.
On Wednesday 23 February, experts from the EU Member States approved a European Commission proposal to this effect, according to an announcement from the institution on the same day.
This additive is composed of 3NP (3-nitrooxypropanol), an inhibitor of the enzyme methyl coenzyme M reductase (MCR), which catalyses the final stage...